Guinea: Ebola Could Stay Longer in Guinea, S/Leone

24 June 2015
The NEWS (Monrovia)

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is still not over amid reports that the disease could still longer in Guinea and Sierra Leone than expected. Health officials continue to report cases in the two countries, raising fear in the subregion.

Dr. Margaret Harris of the World Health Organization said, "It's taking a little bit longer and it's proving quite difficult in both Guinea and Sierra Leone. But honestly, this is something we've expected. We've been saying for a long time - we keep using this analogy - 'the bumpy road.' We noticed when Liberia had managed to drop most of its cases down it still took four months before they got to the end of their outbreak. And we're seeing the same sort of thing... in both Sierra Leone and Guinea."

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